Question: What one performance in a past AI season will you always remember?
Answer: Fantasia singing "Summertime"
Question: What's your dream song to perform?
Answer: "Ball and Chain" by Janis Joplin or "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday.
Question: What theme week would you love to have for Season 9?
Answer: Maybe 90's music or blues.
Question: Which theme week would be most challenging to you and why?
Answer: Country because that's the one genre I have little or no experience with.
Question: If you could perform with any person or group, who would it be and why?
Answer: Hanson because they have changed and saved my life with their music multiple times since I was 6 years old.
Question: What's been the most surprising part of the Idol experience so far?
Answer: I surprised myself with my performance on group day.
Question: How do you combat stage fright?
Answer: By breathing deeply and looking out past the audience.
Question: What makes a great performer?
Answer: A great performer is energetic and engages the crowd.
Question: How has music inspired you?
Answer: Music has gotten me through the hardest time where if I didn't have certain music to listen to, I would have done something stupid.
Question: What was the first concert you attended?
Answer: Spice Girls!
Question: If you could perform in any venue in the world, where you that be and why?
Answer: Maybe Wembley Stadium because it's MASSIVE.
Question: Of the past 8 seasons, who's been your favorite Idol contestant thus far?
Answer: Either Fantasia or Elliott Yamin.
Question: Who is the person that you would most like to meet?
Answer: Courtney Love
Question: If you have 24 hours to do anything you wanted, what would you do?
Answer: Buy my family a new house and car and shoot a cameo in a horror film.
Question: Who are your musical influences?
Answer: Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Lauryn Hill, Courtney Love, Johnny Lang, my dad, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie...the list goes on.
Question: How do you plan on differentiating yourself in the competition?
Answer: By choosing unique songs and putting my own twist on them.
Question: What have you learned (about yourself) by going through the Idol audition process?
Answer: I have learned to totally push my limits and test myself. I've also started to be less shy.
Question: What would people be surprised to learn about you?
Answer: That I was a founding member of the Barnstable High School Bocce Team.
Question: If you couldn't sing, which talent would you most like to have?
Answer: Probably filmmaking or skateboarding.
Question: What's your proudest moment?
Answer: Every time my little sisters tell me they love me without me saying it first.
Question: What's your most embarrassing moment?
Answer: In high school doing the play "Annie," I had a wardrobe malfunction and the back of my dress was open down to my underwear. The whole cast was behind me and could see my underwear.
Question: Do you have any rituals or things you do before you perform?
Answer: I pray and breathe deeply and eat candy when my throat is dry.
Question: What music would your friends be surprised you own?
Answer: My friends know I like everything so they wouldn’t be surprised. But if you didn't know me, you might be surprised to know I have 90's pop like B*Witched, Five and S Club 7.
Question: What are your personal goals in life?
Answer: To be happy and whole no matter what and to be financially stable.
Question: What has been the most unique job/chore you've ever had?
Answer: Probably my job at the glass shop.
Question: What other talents do you have?
Answer: I knit, I like to do special effects make-up like fake blood and latex, and I speak jibberish and ubby dubby.
Question: Do you have any formal singing training?
Answer: No
Question: When did you first start to sing?
Answer: 4th grade when I was 9.
Question: Do you have a favorite quote or personal motto?
Answer: Ngi Ne Themba - Swahili for "I find hope."
I loved it. I love the whole funky country thing.